Published September 19, 2025 | Version v1

UFEB: A Simplified Update-Based Formulation of the Unified Field Equation

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This paper presents the UFEB (Unified Field Equation, Budget form), a simplification of the Unified Field Equation in which explicit time is eliminated and all physical laws are expressed as discrete updates. Numeric demonstrations confirm that UFEB reproduces:

  • Relativistic update budgets (muon lifetime)

  • Electromagnetic constant closure (Z₀ → μ₀, ε₀)

  • Quantum per-update phases (particle-in-a-box, oscillator)

  • Conservation laws via discrete Noether invariance

  • Gravitational redshift expressed as a τ-ratio

UFEB functions as both a computational simplification and a conceptual reframing, showing that physics can operate fully without explicit time.

Additional materials and related work are available on GitHub: https://github.com/crumpler4/Swarm-Theory-Unified-Field-Equation-Series

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